Seth Green gave me a Ben & Jerry’s

Last week I saw Seth Green in San Diego giving out free goodies from an ice cream van. Here is a snap of him handing over a tasty treat to me. Thanks Seth, it was just what I needed on a hot day at SDCC!

Seth Green gives Paul Burrow an ice cream!

Seth Green gives Paul Burrow an ice cream!

In addition to appearing in many of my favourite Films & TV shows Seth is the voice of Joker in the Mass Effect series of games which I am also a big fan of!

My name is not Anne Summers

Woohoo! Eliza Dushku has chosen my artwork “Faith vs Kakistos” for her Facebook page this weekend! Sadly the credit for my hard work has gone to the mysterious Buffy “Anne Summers”

Just to prove I did the artwork here’s a snapshot of me earlier today with the oil painting in question.

Faith vs Kakistos Oil Painting - Paul Burrow

Image chosen for Eliza Dushkus Facebook page

To most of you out there you’ll be wondering what the fuss is about, but anyone who is a fan of Joss Whedons Buffy the Vampire Slayer and especially the character of Faith played by actress Eliza Dushku will understand my small Woohoo for the day!

When Faith was first introduced she had a past which followed her to Sunnydale. The ancient vampire Kakistos had killed her watcher in front of her and he was now after her blood. I was inspired to do a Faith painting after watching that episode and this was the result.

Being a Star Wars fan, the Faith storyline was as close to a good person struggling with the temptation of the dark side as you’re going to get. The jealousy, misguided friendships and gradual alienation from her true friends was played perfectly by Eliza and still holds up today as some of the best TV out there.

Anyway – ass kissing almost over. Thanks Eliza for choosing my artwork for your facebook page. You’ve made a Sci-Fi Artist very happy!

Here is a close-up of the main part of the painting.

Faith vs Kakistos close-up

Close up of the main part of the painting

I have some more Buffy related art gathering dust. Seeing as this one has caused a stir I may dig those out and post them soon. 😀

Here’s the link to Elizas facebook page
 
Update: 04/07/11 – Eliza has now updated her page giving me full credit for the artwork! Many thanks 😀
 

3 pages of artwork

Here are 3 more pages from Grand Theft Robot. Written by Chris Reilly, illustrated by Paul Burrow. These final 3 complete the 9 page submission to send to the publisher. I’ll post the pages complete with text as soon as I get the time.
Page 9 Grand Theft Robot

Page 9 Grand Theft Robot

Page 8 Grand Theft Robot

Page 8 Grand Theft Robot

Page 7 Grand Theft Robot

Faith vs Kakistos (BTVS)

You've gotta have Faith!

Faith kicks Kakistos' ass

This is an oldie from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer days. I posted part of this image on Eliza Dushkus facebook page for Fan Art Friday. Lori Denis commented that she’d looked through my site to try to find the whole image but couldn’t find it and wondered where she could see it.

The answer is I removed this painting from my site some years ago now as I didn’t think it was a strong enough piece to include in my portfolio. You have to be pretty self critical and cut-throat about which images to show and I feel there are a host of issues with this image which I won’t go into. However here it is for you Lori 🙂

Page 6 artwork – GTR

Page 6 artwork for Grand Theft Robot. “Can’t see any robots yet!” I hear you cry, maybe somebody’s stolen them! In the meantime here’s the end of the last scene followed by the start of Circus getting roughed up by bounty hunters Quick & Chase – They’re British and they’re mean!

Grand Theft Robot page 6 artwork

Grand Theft Robot page 6 artwork